Unit5ForceofNatureTextComprehension1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurpose.A.TodisplayMarieCurie'scareerasaNobelPrizewinner.B.TohonorMarieCuriewhomademagnificentcontributioninscience.C.TounfoldMarieCurie'scomplexlifeasgloriousandtragic.D.TointroduceMarieCurieandherfamily.Key:[C]2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1).AtfirstIonlyknewthatMarieCurie,abrilliantwomanscientist,wasthefirstpersontowintwoNobelPrizes.[T]2).MarieCuriewasobsessivelyengagedinherresearchafterherdaughterswereborn.[F]3).Asgovernesstoawealthyfamily,MarieCuriefellinlovewithCasimirZorawski,theyoungmaster.Ashisfatherthreatenedtodisinherithim,sheleftWarsawwithcourageforParis,wherehernewlifebegan.[T]4).MarieCurieleftWarsawforParisattheageof18.[F]5).TheplacewheretheCurieswereworkingwasdark,damp,shabby,andsad,morelikeastablethanalab.[T]6).TheCuriesbecameworldfamous,especiallyaftertheywonaNobelPrizeinphysicsin1903forthediscoveryofradiumandpolonium.[F]7).EveCurie,ayearoldwhenherfatherdied,wrotethatPierre'sdeathmarkedacrucialmomentinhermother'slife.[F]8).Shortlyafterherhusband'sfuneral,MadameCuriewentintothelabimmediatelythoughsheshouldhavestayedwithherfamilyandfriends.[T]9).AsecondNobelPrizeinchemistrywasawardedtotheCuriesforisolatingtheelementsradiumandpolonium.[F]10).Accordingtotheauthor,MadameCurieconqueredcolossalobstaclesinscience,butpaidanenormouspersonalprice.Herlifewassocomplexthatherglorywasmingledwithtragedy.[T]WritingStrategiesThistextisabiographicalsketchofthegreatwomanscientistMarieCurie.Exceptforthefirstthreeparagraphs,whichmakeuptheintroductorypartofthestory,thenarrationofthemajoreventsinMadameCurie'slifefollowsthechronologicalorder.Tomakehernarrationanddescriptionmoregraphicalandimpressive,theauthorhasusedsomemetaphoricalexpressionsandsentences.Forexample,theexpression'dragby'usedinparagraph4immediatelymakesthereadersharethewayMariefeltaboutthosefourlongyearsofwaiting.Canyoufindmoreinstancesofmetaphoricallanguageusedinthetext?Moreinstancesofmetaphoricallanguagefoundinthetext:Paragraph1:“herarmswrappedaroundherdaughters”Paragraph3:Alsoshewasawomandrivenbypassions,fightingbattlesmuchofherlifewithwhatadoctornowwouldprobablydiagnoseasseveredepression.Paragraph5:“walkedintohistory”.Paragraph7:“Therealitywasalotgrittier”Paragraph9:FortheCuries,though,theirtriumphcontainedtheseedsoftheirtragedy.Paragraph10:"Acapeofsolitudeandsecrecyfelluponhershouldersforever."Whilethepurposeofwritingabiographicalsketchorabiographyistopresentthemajoreventsthathappenduringthelifetimeofthepersonconcerned,itisalsocommonforthewritertoofferhis/herownpersonalassessment.MadameCurieisrecognizedbythewholeworldasarenownedscientist,butsheappealstotheauthornotjustasagreatscientist,but,perhapsmoreessentially,asawoman.Thispointismadeclearinthesentenceinthelastparagraph:TheMarieCuriethatIdiscoveredwasnoiconbutaflesh-and-bloodwoman.Canyoufindsomesupportingevidenceofthispointintheintroductorypartofthetext?Elaborationofthispointismainlyfoundinthesecondparagraphofthetext:Lookingback,IthinkIadmiredthatphotosomuch,notbecauseofMarieCurieandwhatshestoodforbutbecausesheseemedsoexotic--ormaybebecauseofhowherarmsencircledhergirls.Myownmotherlayinthehospital,recoveringfromagraveinjuryinacarcrash.Iwantedhertoholdme,butshecouldn't.So,instead,IidolizedMarie,whoinmymindbecamethestrongestand...
